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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between El Negro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pippen Wellingsworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Negro comes into the arena with Nine Inch Nail - The Great Destroyer blaring out of the sound system. Pippen Wellingsworth looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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215 lbs
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204 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, El Negro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pippen Wellingsworth!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wellingsworth throws a sloppy head kick and Negro moves out of range easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Wellingsworth misses the target.
Wellingsworth throws a jab when Negro was well out of range.
Negro shoots in and drives through. Wellingsworth sprawls well.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Negro checks a leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Wellingsworth misses with a body kick.
Negro closes the distance and clinches.
Negro goes for a takedown in the clinch but Wellingsworth prevents it.
Negro breaks the clinch.
Negro throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Wellingsworth looks gassed!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Negro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Negro connects with a nice cross there... Wellingsworth is looking wobbly and Negro recognises it - he's rushed in and lands two more brutal shots that send Wellingsworth to the canvas, out cold! A brutal finish to the fight - Negro jumps onto the cage to celebrate with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). El Negro!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaq Diesel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson Silva has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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273 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyson Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shaq Diesel!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Diesel paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silva looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Diesel closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Diesel is pushing down on Silva's leg trying to pass to half guard. Silva is fighting to maintain full guard but Diesel has managed to sneak the leg through.
Diesel is looking for a kimura here.
Silva taking some punishment here, with Diesel in his half guard.
Silva tries to kick Diesel off but Diesel keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Diesel slips a nice elbow through Silva's hands, connecting with Silva's forehead.
Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva has hold of Diesel's hands but Diesel slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Diesel is working for a kimura but Silva is defending it quite comfortably.
Diesel passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Silva!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diesel raining down shots from the mount!
Diesel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Diesel lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Diesel is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Diesel cracks Silva with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Diesel with good strikes from the mount here!
It looks like Tyson Silva has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Diesel.
Silva is rocked!
Tyson Silva's cut is getting worse.
Oooh a big shot lands for Diesel! Silva is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Shaq Diesel!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Koff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Diago Sanchez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mike Koff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diago Sanchez!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koff stuffs the takedown.
Koff drives through with a takedown into guard.
Koff knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Sanchez on the ground.
Sanchez is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sanchez is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sanchez prevents Koff from improving his position.
Sanchez is looking to take a break and control but Koff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Koff is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Sanchez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Sanchez's back!
Koff throwing damaging strikes from the back! Sanchez could be in trouble here!
Sanchez tries to escape the position.
Koff misses with punches from the back.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Koff. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
Koff is working the ground and pound. Can Sanchez escape?
Sanchez turns into Koff and is now in his guard.
Koff wants to sweep but no luck.
Sanchez trying to control but Koff is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanchez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Koff is keeping the position for now.
Koff throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Koff wants to sweep but no luck.
Koff keeping moving, preventing Sanchez from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Koff dodges the punch combination from Sanchez.
Koff drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Sanchez has his foot on Koff's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Koff works his way back into a safe position though.
Sanchez looks gassed!
Koff stands up over Sanchez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Koff won't allow Sanchez to sweep him here.
Koff looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koff trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Koff has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koff throwing strikes from guard but Sanchez blocks nicely.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Koff postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sanchez looking for a guillotine here but Koff defends easily.
Koff avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sanchez looking for a guillotine here but Koff defends easily.
Sanchez trying to keep a closed guard but Koff is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koff lands a couple of elbows.
Sanchez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koff throwing strikes but missing.
Sanchez trying to strike off his back.
Koff postures up.
Koff throws and elbow that misses. Sanchez uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Koff's guard. Nice move by Sanchez!
Koff trying to keep a closed guard but Sanchez is proving a slippery customer.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Sanchez scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Koff shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sanchez keeping full guard, as Koff tries to pass.
Sanchez pushes a forearm under Koff's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Koff is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Diago Sanchez!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gordon brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cosme Capetto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon brown could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Cosme Capetto's chin.
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207 lbs
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217 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gordon brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cosme Capetto!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Edson Gomes and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capetto gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
brown connects with a couple of short punches.
brown stands up and waves to Capetto to follow him.
brown shoots in looking for a takedown. Capetto tries to sprawl out of it but brown keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Capetto manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Capetto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
brown fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
brown feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Capetto keeping moving, preventing brown from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
brown would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
brown trying to control but Capetto is working from the bottom.
brown with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
brown stands and steps away. Capetto gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
No joy there for Capetto, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Capetto takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Capetto is looking to land body kicks.
brown closes the distance but Capetto moves to the side
and Capetto counters with a nice body kick.
brown is breathing heavily.
Capetto looks for a takedown but brown sprawls well.
Capetto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Capetto, right into the meat.
Capetto tries to clinch up but brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Capetto throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Capetto throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Capetto pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capetto is looking to clinch but brown is avoiding it.
Capetto lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Capetto tries to clinch up but brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Capetto closes the distance and clinches.
brown lands a knee to the body.
Capetto breaks the clinch.
brown is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Capetto.
Capetto will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
brown darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Capetto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Capetto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Capetto is keeping the position for now.
brown is looking to work some ground and pound but Capetto has wrist control.
Capetto keeping full guard, as brown tries to pass.
brown forces his way into half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
brown moves nicely into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cosme Capetto dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Capetto fails with the takedown.
Gordon brown is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
brown closes the distance looking to clinch
and Capetto counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
brown is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Capetto's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Capetto's back!
Capetto is trying to get back to his feet but brown has full control of the position and if anything, Capetto has just worked his way into a worse spot.
brown is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Capetto. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
brown is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Capetto knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Capetto for a finish.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
brown trying to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capetto controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
brown trying to control momentarily.
brown slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
brown scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Capetto prevents brown from getting a body triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Capetto showing good submission defense here.
brown lands shots from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
brown scores with punches and elbows.
brown trying to control momentarily.
brown throwing sloppy strikes.
Capetto is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Capetto looking very determined here, making life difficult for brown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
brown controlling from the back.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Gordon brown just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
brown gets a clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
brown tries for a takedown. No joy.
brown tightens his grip and picks Capetto up, before dumping him to the ground. Capetto manages to land in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gordon brown will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Capetto shoots in but brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.
brown scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
brown wants to pass the guard but Capetto is defending well.
brown wants to control but Capetto is keeping him busy.
brown trying to control from Capetto's half guard. Capetto has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capetto looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
brown stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Capetto swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Capetto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
brown gets to his feet. Capetto looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Nice takedown defense from Capetto. No joy for brown on that attempt.
Capetto tries to clinch up but brown circles away and keeps his distance.
Capetto tries to keep at a distance but brown has taken the fight into the clinch.
Capetto gets underhooks to prevent brown's takedown attempt.
Capetto decides to pull guard.
brown is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Capetto is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Capetto has escaped and now he's on top!
Capetto trying to control but brown is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capetto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
brown uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Capetto tries to bum rush brown with a series of wild strikes but brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
brown shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Capetto pinned against the cage. Capetto gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gordon brown. That's going to take a lot out of him.
brown shoots for a double leg takedown but Capetto sprawls well. He's pushed brown's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Capetto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Capetto swings for the body but brown moves out of range.
brown scores with a three punch combo!
brown tries to clinch there but Capetto circles away.
brown misses with a takedown attempt - Capetto sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
brown closes the distance looking to clinch
and Capetto counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
brown trying to control but Capetto postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cosme Capetto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Capetto has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cosme Capetto!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mister Hands (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kazuri Sakuraba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kazuri Sakuraba is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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183 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mister Hands!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kazuri Sakuraba!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hands misses with a looping left.
Sakuraba closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Sakuraba throws a strike aimed at the side of Hands's head but Hands avoids it well.
Hands is trying to improve his position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hands parries the strikes from Sakuraba easily there. Sakuraba is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hands to escape.
Sakuraba landing strikes.
Hands taking a bit of punishment here - Sakuraba scoring with strikes.
Sakuraba is working Hands over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hands is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sakuraba off and has taken his back!
Hands landing with strikes.
Sakuraba breaks Hands's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Hands looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sakuraba landing with the ground and pound.
Hands wants to sweep here but Sakuraba controlling him for the moment.
Hands manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sakuraba manages to get himself to full guard.
Hands might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sakuraba striking off his back but it's not causing Hands any problems.
Sakuraba will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Sakuraba looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hands is one step ahead there.
Hands has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hands with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sakuraba manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hands manages to get himself to full guard.
Sakuraba landing with the ground and pound.
Hands working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sakuraba doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sakuraba manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hands working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba is looking to work some ground and pound but Hands has wrist control.
Hands on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hands tries to get out of the position.
Hands looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sakuraba advances to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sakuraba looks gassed!
Hands works his way to full guard. Good work.
Sakuraba thows a big elbow that misses.
Sakuraba missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hands throws a couple of heel strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands controls Sakuraba momentarily but Sakuraba frees himself.
Hands punching from the bottom.
Hands lands an upkick as Sakuraba stands over him.
Sakuraba is looking to work some ground and pound but Hands has wrist control.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hands is on top in guard.
Sakuraba tries to strike from the bottom.
Hands pushing down on Sakuraba's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Sakuraba is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hands is trying to control the action in half guard but Sakuraba is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sakuraba moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Sakuraba lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hands!
Sakuraba with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Sakuraba has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hands connects with a couple of short punches.
Hands won't allow Sakuraba to sweep him here.
Hands trying to control the position from guard on top but Sakuraba is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sakuraba tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hands works over Sakuraba with some ground and pound from guard.
Hands forces his way into half guard.
Sakuraba is staying active underneath Hands, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hands trying to pass the guard but Sakuraba defending well.
Sakuraba is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hands's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hands's back!
I really don't envy Hands right now.
Sakuraba throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hands rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Sakuraba thows a huge punch but Hands dodges it nicely.
Hands is looking for a sweep. Sakuraba is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hands trying to control but Sakuraba postures up.
Hands is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A swing and a miss from Hands.
Sakuraba circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sakuraba fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hands swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sakuraba decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Sakuraba throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kazuri Sakuraba will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Sakuraba displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hands throws out the jab.
Sakuraba feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hands working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sakuraba.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sakuraba accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kazuri Sakuraba has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sakuraba loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Hands lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sakuraba!
Hands with good strikes from the mount here!
Hands breaks from Sakuraba's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hands landing strikes from the mount and Sakuraba is in trouble!
Hands is landing with some decent strikes but Sakuraba is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
A nice elbow there by Hands.
Hands landing strikes from the mount and Sakuraba is in trouble!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hands putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sakuraba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sakuraba is desperately trying to improve his position but Hands has a good base and remains in mount.
Hands fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hands is landing with some decent strikes but Sakuraba is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hands with good strikes from the mount here!
Hands working the ground and pound effectively.
Sakuraba is trying desperately to improve position.
Sakuraba is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hands fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Sakuraba throwing hammer fists to the chest of Hands. What's that going to do exactly?
Hands is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sakuraba can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Hands connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hands postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sakuraba looks a forlorn figure.
Hands is landing with some decent strikes but Sakuraba is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sakuraba regains half guard.
Sakuraba wants to improve his position but Hands is controlling well.
Hands is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sakuraba!
Hands working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hands working Sakuraba over with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee warns Sakuraba that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sakuraba can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hands putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Sakuraba is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hands with shots to the head and body - Sakuraba looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hands lands a big shot there that rocks Sakuraba but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hands postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sakuraba looks a forlorn figure.
Sakuraba is wriggling around trying to escape.
Hands looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Sakuraba is desperately trying to improve his position but Hands has a good base and remains in mount.
Sakuraba is in a horrible position here. Hands smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Sakuraba takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sakuraba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sakuraba taking shots to the head.
Hands looking to finish Sakuraba with some ground and pound. This is bad for Sakuraba!
Hands with shots to the head and body - Sakuraba looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hands is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Sakuraba can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Hands lands a heavy elbow.
Sakuraba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hands blocks Sakuraba's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Hands looking to control but Sakuraba is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sakuraba keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Hands.
Hands is landing with some decent strikes but Sakuraba is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hands cracks Sakuraba with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mister Hands dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Sakuraba feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Hands looking to control.
Sakuraba passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hands tries to improve position but can't.
Sakuraba looks up at the clock and then as Hands takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sakuraba smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Sakuraba creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Hands sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Hands throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Hands is looking to regain half guard here but Sakuraba keeps moving and retains side control.
Hands striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sakuraba closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hands to the mat! Hands manages to get full guard.
Hands thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Sakuraba is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sakuraba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hands is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sakuraba gets full guard.
Hands landing some decent shots from guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sakuraba is on top in guard.
Hands lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sakuraba!
Hands with the ground and pound from mount.
Sakuraba is trying to escape the mount.
Hands landing shots from mount.
Sakuraba tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hands lands a big shot there that rocks Sakuraba but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hands postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Sakuraba looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hands working Sakuraba over with strikes here.
Sakuraba sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Sakuraba is pressing down on Hands's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sakuraba is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hands stopping the sweep attempt from Sakuraba.
Sakuraba escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hands gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Sakuraba throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Hands trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hands avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sakuraba is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sakuraba raining down shots from the mount!
Hands regains half guard.
Hands trying to control here.
Hands regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hands wants to sweep but no luck.
Sakuraba lands a couple of digs.
Hands keeping full guard, as Sakuraba tries to pass.
Sakuraba is looking to work some ground and pound but Hands has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hands is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Sakuraba looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hands slips a nice elbow through Sakuraba's hands, connecting with Sakuraba's forehead.
Hands winds up and cracks Sakuraba with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Hands.
Sakuraba is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Hands's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Hands's back!
Sakuraba scores with punches from the back.
Sakuraba connects with a big shot to the side of Hands's head.
Hands tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Sakuraba lands a nice shot to the head.
Hands slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kazuri Sakuraba comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Sakuraba has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Kazuri Sakuraba!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Link Gatez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and L Ron Hubbard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Link Gatez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, L Ron Hubbard!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Thiago Cunha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hubbard ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hubbard closes the distance and clinches.
Hubbard gets through Gatez's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gatez.
Hubbard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gatez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hubbard wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hubbard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hubbard ducks right into an uppercut from Gatez.
Hubbard lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Link Gatez has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Gatez scores with a four punch combination!
Hubbard throws the left hand but Gatez avoids the punch easily.
Left hook, right uppercut from Gatez.
Hubbard swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gatez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hubbard is rocked!
Hubbard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gatez moves out of range as Hubbard strikes.
Hubbard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gatez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hubbard won't be happy with that.
Hubbard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gatez. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gatez is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Hubbard looks calm but he's in trouble here. Gatez gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Hubbard is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Gatez lets go of the hold and Hubbard can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Link Gatez!
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